Sentence examples for rely upon someone from inspiring English sources
It means a stand-up guy, someone to rely upon, someone who won't let you down.
In a constant endeavour to tempt the ingrate children into eating something that isn't a novelty yoghurt, I am always putting cutting apples up neatly, waiting til they go brown, then eating them myself, as a result of which, the truly unappetising gnarled little packages at the bottom of the fruit bowl, the ones that I would normally rely upon someone like me to eat, get neglected.
He meant that you want to build a business that doesn't rely upon someone winning or losing but that would benefit from supplying both sides (say, a component manufacturer like Qualcomm that sells to all smartphones, as opposed to a smartphone manufacturer that has to duke it out in competition with the others).
"In essence, our education system is being run on a wing and a prayer – and if something goes badly wrong, the government relies upon someone being brave enough to speak out.
These figures are not to be relied upon, though.
As for the witnesses, their testimony was obviously shaky in the extreme — not the sort of evidence you want to rely upon when putting someone to death.
"A principal needs to rely upon a single person".
This encourages students to critically think about clinical trial designs (rather than relying solely upon someone else's interpretation or biases that may be found in review articles) and draw their own conclusions regarding the available evidence base (or lack thereof).
Second, unlike most other forms of humor, puns do not rely upon seeing, hearing or reading of someone's misfortune.
Hastert wrote a letter in 2011 calling John a "trust-worthy and responsible individual" who has "always been someone that I could rely upon whether it be a professional or personal matter".
It's the Wild West of technology, and the only thing we can rely upon to keep both nations honest is someone's word.
